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Colorado Business Group on Health Conferences

Tuesday
October 28,
2008
Colorado Convention Center

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Register on-line: www.blacktie-colorado.com/rsvp/
Event Code: fiscalfitness

Exercising Fiscal Fitness
2nd Annual Conference
Colorado Culture of Health™


Discover the fiscal impact a Culture of Health can have on your business through pertinent exhibits and breakout sessions on Risk & Reward, Community Leadership, Legal Issues, and Practical How-to’s.

7:00-9:30 am - Registration and Leadership Breakfast
10:00-3:15 pm - Programs and Lunch
3:15-4:00 pm - Reception
$125 per participant for the Leadership Breakfast and the daylong general conference*
$75 per participant for the Leadership Breakfast only*
*special discounts are available for groups of 3 or more from the same company and members of the three cosponsoring organizations

For more information, contact:
Kristen Berg, Colorado Business Group on Health
www.coloradoHEALTHonline.org, 303.922.0939, or [email protected]
Kelly Esselman, Mountain States Employers Council
303.223.5359 or [email protected]



Who should attend?
Corporate Officers, HR professionals, Benefits directors, Wellness coordinators, Insurance committees for school boards, Public purchasers, Medical directors, Health professionals.

Featured Speakers:
Lieutenant Governor Barbara O’Brien (invited )
Chair, Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission

Tom Clark
Executive Vice President, Metro Denver Economic
Development Corporation; Executive Vice President
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

Peter E. Hayes
Director of Associate Health & Wellness,
Hannaford Brothers Company

James O. Hill, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics & Director, Center for Human Nutrition,
University of Colorado Denver; Chair, Executive Committee,
Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission

Ben Hoffman, MD, MPH
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer,
Waste Management, Inc.


June 12 & 13, 2008
eValue8
2008 Site Visits
   Denver, CO  
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May 20, 2008

Value-Based Benfits Design for Employers
The Executive Forum
     Denver, CO

Donna Marshall, Executive Director of Colorado Business Group on Health (CBGH), will be among the featured participants at the Executive Forum on Value-Based Benefit Designed for Employers, May 20, 2008 in Denver, Colorado.

Part of the Health & Human Capital Management Series, the Executive Forum on Value- Based Benefits Design for Employers, showcases employer case studies and best practices on implementing programs designed with a value-based approach to outcomes rather than just cost.

The CBGH is a non-profit coalition representing large purchasers of health care services that aims to provide consumers with the best possible information on health care quality.

The exclusive one-day Forum will feature several case studies including:

Exploring how disruptive systems and concepts can lead to innovation
Effectively and strategically investing resources in employee health to coherently manage health risks
Learning to work with suppliers and your "value chain" to achieve the cost savings and overall performance benefits
Maximizing behavior change and health/risk improvement
Increasing engagement and accountability of your employees
Strategically designing the pharmacy benefit to drive medication adherence and compliance
Finally establishing an ROI from your health programs by increasing efficiency, reducing operating costs and improving patient outcomes
Creating and implementing an organizational value-based "dashboard"

Presenting organizations include:
· State of Colorado
· Lincoln Industries
· Prime Therapeutics
· Hewitt
· Goodyear
For more information and to register, please visit www.worldcongress.comdenver or call 800-767-9499.
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May 8, 2008

The Flu Immunizations and Vaccines or Germs I Have Not Known
Presentations & speaker bios
   Loews Denver Hotel
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October 30, 2007

 

COLORADO CULTURE OF HEALTH™ 
A Business Approach to Cutting the Fat
      Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, CO
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October 18, 2006

 

Innovative Employer Healthcare Solutions
Taming Diabetes, Our Cost/Quality Opportunities

      Holiday Inn Select, Denver , CO

COLORADO CULTURE OF HEALTH™:  A Business Approach to Cutting the Fat
October 30, 2007      Adams Mark Hotel in Denver, CO

7:30 – 9:00 Executive Leadership Breakfast
Goals: Leadership by Example and a Corporate Call to Action

• Introduction: Tom Mustin, CBS4 News Anchor
Welcome: James Hill, PhD, Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission; and, Director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Building a Culture of Health: Barbara O’Brien, Lieutenant Governor, Chair, Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission
Quad/Graphics Cuts the Fat Via Value-based Benefit Design:
Raymond Zastrow, MD, Associate Corporate Medical Director, QuadMed
What Wellness Brings to Your Bottom Line: David Hunnicut, PhD, President, WELCOA
• Call to Action - Executive Commitment:
Tom Clark, Executive VP, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation

9:30 - 11:45

General Session
Fixing the Problem:
Strategies & Tactics

Introduction: Tom Mustin, CBS4 News Anchor

Welcome - Health & Wellness in Colorado and Metro Denver: Supporting a Culture of Healthy Eating and Active Living: Barbara O’Brien, Lieutenant Governor, Chair, Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission & Tom Clark, Executive VP, Metro Denver Economic Corporation

America on the Move: Helen Thompson, Director, America on the Move

Fit 4 Colorado: CBS4’s Commitment to Improving the Health of Our Community: Elaine Torres, Manager of Community Affairs, CBS4

The Business Case for Wellness: Thomas Parry,PhD, President, Integrated Benefits Institute

12:30 - 4:00
Presentations
Mark Cauthen, Risk Supervisor, Benefits and Wellness,
City of Colorado Springs
Positive Results with Wellness and Enhanced Disease Management Programs
Patti Clavier, Global Team Leader for HPM,
Intel Corporation

Health & Wellness to a Global Workforce
Ken Detweiler, Director, Risk Related Activities,
Colorado Springs, School District #11
An Employer’s Approach to Obesity

David Hunnicutt, PhD, President
WELCOA
The Benchmarks of America’s Healthiest Companies: Business as Unusual

Christopher Still, DO, FACN, FACP, Director
Center for Nutrition & Weight Management, Geisinger Health Care System
Advances in the Understanding & Treatment of Morbid Obesity


Raymond Turner, Esq.,
Of Counsel, Jackson Lewis, LLP
The Emerging Law of Wellness Programs: When Discrimination and Medical Inquiries are Permissible


 

Health Plans as Partners: Medical Directors Panel A

David Brody, MD
Denver Health Medical Plan
Health Plan and Employer Health Improvement Initiatives

 

Louis Dickey, MD
Aetna, Inc.
A Business Approach to Cutting Fat


Pierre Malek, MD
Great-West Health
Health Plans As Partners
  Health Plans as Partners: Medical Directors Panel B
  Art Jones, MD
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Jacqueline Stiff, MD
UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealth Wellness
  William Wright, MD
Colorado Permanente Medical Group
Underwriters
We gratefully acknowledge underwriters of the Colorado Culture of Health™
Platinum:
sanofi-aventis
Gold:
Aetna, Lockton, Merck, Pfizer
Silver:
Allergan, AstraZeneca, Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Centura, CIGNA, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Wyeth
Friends:
Kaiser Permanente, Rocky Mountain Health Plans